Baseball: Shutout victory means Libertyville wins NSC
With a 13-0, 5-inning victory over visiting Lake Zurich on Friday, Libertyville's baseball team clinched the North Suburban Conference championship.
Ryan Greenberg, Jackson Petersen and Tommy Rigali each had 3 hits for the Wildcats.
Rigali had 3 RBI, and Micah Holzworth and Griffin Murphy had 2 apiece.
Ben Land pitched the full 5 innings for Libertyville, allowing 2 hits and striking out seven with 1 walk.
The Wildcats (24-6 overall) rap up NSC play next week with three games against Zion-Benton.
Grayslake Central sweeps: Grayslake Central got a pair of 4-3 victories over Lakes in Northern Lake County Conference action.
In the completion of a game tied at 3 after 7 innings and called because of darkness, Grayslake Central scored a run in the top of the ninth to earn the victory.
Sophomore Eric Sturm picked up the win, tossing 1⅔ innings and striking out three. Bryce Gniadek retired the final batter on a ground ball to shortstop Kevin O'Brien and earned the save.
Justin Shepley tossed the first five innings striking out 6. Shepley also had 2 hits and 3 RBI. Nic Presutti added 3 hits and Coby Moe had 2 hits.
In the regularly scheduled game, Ryan Spicer made the most of his first start, allowing 2 runs over 5⅓ innings with 5 strikeouts in leading the Rams to the victory. Coby Moe tossed a perfect seventh inning to pick up the save.
The Rams made the most of their 4 hits with Shepley once again leading the way with a pair of hits and 2 RBI.
For Lakes, Ryan Selig had a triple.
Grayslake Central is now 17-11 on the season.
Wauconda 5, Grant 1: Down 1-0 after the fourth inning, Wauconda scored all 5 of its runs in the sixth inning.
Winning pitcher Brock Glavey had 8 strikeouts over seven innings. He also did not allow a walk.
Offensively, Jake Harmon drove in 3 runs for Wauconda. He had a double.
For Grant, Henry Kusiak had a double and drove in the Bulldogs' only run.
Grayslake North 4, Round Lake 0: Winning pitcher Kyle Hansen finished with 3 strikeouts over four innings as Grayslake North scored all of its runs in the fourth inning.
Round Lake had 4 errors.